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trot
noun- a period of time considered in terms of how you fared during it AUSTRALIA, 1911
- John West himself worked for a while in one of the boot factories during a “bad trot,” much to his mother’s joy. — Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory, p. 43, 1950
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 91, 1977
- A run of winners being a “good trot”, the reverse a “bad” or “shocking trot”. — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 83, 1989
- — Harry Orsman, A Dictionary of Modern New Zealand Slang, p. 141, 1999
- a line-by-line translation of a work in a foreign language US, 1891
- Taggarty tried to steer the conversation toward a historical analysis of Ramayana (she must have read the trot on that one), but desisted abruptly when Vijay tripped her up in a glaring factual error. — C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 190, 1993
▶ on the trot- in succession UK, 1956
- Joe and Romano Azzalin became close friends and when the nightclub owner purchased his great horse Bernborough, Joe was one of the many thousands who won heavily on the horse as it strung together fifteen wins on the trot. — Clive Galea, Slipper!, p. 21, 1988
- St Kilda, in fact, was running hot and had won something like six games on the trot to challenge for a place in the finals. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 108, 1994
- Malcolm an Colm an Margaret speedin six days on thuh trot an then gulpin handfuls uv downers tuh knock em out for a couple uv days. — Niall Griffiths, Grits, p. 16, 2000
- engaged in evading discovery or capture by the police UK
- I think Adam was on the trot, or with someone on the trot, or maybe they were due to return to prison from home leave[.] — Jimmy Stockin, On The Cobbles, p. 173, 2000
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